Matthew Maynard
Matthew Peter Maynard
Born: 21 March 1966, Oldham, Lancashire
Major Teams: Glamorgan, Northern Districts, Otago, England.
Known As: Matthew Maynard
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Test Debut: England v West Indies at The Oval, 5th Test, 1988
Latest Test: England v West Indies at Kingston, 1st Test, 1993/94
ODI Debut: England v West Indies at Bridgetown, 1st ODI, 1993/94
Latest ODI: England v West Indies at Chester-le-Street, NatWest Series, 2000
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1998.
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 19/02/1994)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 4 8 0 87 35 10.87 47.54 0 0 3 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 15/07/2000)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 14 12 1 156 41 14.18 69.33 0 0 4 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(1985 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 363 589 57 22576 243 42.43 51 123 346 7
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 186.1 28 866 6 144.33 3-21 0 0 186.1 4.65
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1985 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 398 384 41 12226 151* 35.64 14 74 172 5
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 51.1 284 3 94.66 1-13 0 0 102.3 5.55
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Matthew Maynard burst onto the county scene at Swansea in 1985 scoring an amazing century on
his first-class debut, reaching his maiden hundred with 3 successive sixes off Yorkshire's
Phil Carrick. Born in Lancashire, Maynard was brought up at Menai Bridge in North Wales,
and after a short spell on Kent's staff, he joined Glamorgan in 1985, and ever since the
gifted right handed batsman has thrilled the county's supporters with his dashing
strokeplay, and he has set a host of batting records. In 1986 he became the youngest ever
Glamorgan player to score a thousand runs, and in 1987 hit a breathtaking century before lunch
against Somerset.
He repeated the feat against Worcestershire in 1988 and further displays of
such uninhibited batting drew the attention of England's selectors and in August Maynard
made his Test debut against the West Indies at The Oval. He only scored 3 and 10, but at the
end of the summer he was voted as the Young Cricketer of the Year.
Maynard got a further taste
of international cricket in 1989/90 as he toured South Africa with Mike Gatting's English XI.
The presence of Viv Richards in the Glamorgan side of 1990 helped Maynard to curb his
impetious instintcs, and a series of large hundreds soon followed. In 1991 he scored hundreds
in each innings against Gloucestershire, a double century against Nottinghamshire and at the
end of the summer, a career best 243 against Hampshire at Southampton.
Maynard also gained
unvaluable experience in New Zealand playing for Northern Districts in 1990/91 and 1991/92,
and in his first innings in New Zealand he also scored a century on his debut. Maynard's quick
scoring talents have also been a key feature behind Glamorgan's success in one-day cricket
in the 1990's, and in particular the Sunday League title in 1993. During that summer,
Maynard also hit a century before lunch against the Australians at Neath, and was recalled
to the England side for two Tests in the Ashes series. He also won a place on the winter
tour to the West Indies, where he won another Test cap and appeared in 5 One Day
Internationals.
By this time, Maynard had also tasted life as a county captain, leading
Glamorgan for part of 1992 when Alan Butcher was injured. At the end of 1995, Maynard was
appointed the county captain and in 1996 he led the team on a full time basis during his
Benefit Year. It was a memorable summer for the new Glamorgan captain, whose batting has
matured over the years like a good wine. Maynard began a vintage season by scoring the
fastest ever century for Glamorgan in oneday cricket, with a hundred off just 58 balls against
the British Universities. By the end of the season, he had scored 1610 runs in first-class
games at an average of 61.62, and was a member of England's squad for their One Day
Internationals against both India and Pakistan. He cannot have been too far away from a place
in England's winter tour party, or even leading the England A team to Australia.
Maynard
put these disappointments behind him in 1997 by leading Glamorgan to their third
Championship success, and a semi-final place in the Nat West Trophy. Towards the end of the
season, Maynard was in vintage form with the bat, scoring a scintillating 161* against
Worcestershire, and a breathtaking 142 against Somerset at Taunton. The latter was one of
Maynard's finest ever innings, and he reached his hundred without hitting a single.
By his
own admission, Matthew had a modest season in 1998, when he went through the summer without
scoring a hundred. He was hampered by injury soon after the start of the 1999 season, but he
returned to form with 170 against Kent at Canterbury, and an imperious 186 against Yorkshire
at Headingley.
2000 was a memorable summer for Matthew Maynard as he led Glamorgan to their first appearance
in a Lord`s Cup final since 1977. Glamorgan`s captain had played a major role himself in
getting to the Benson and Hedges Cup final, with a magnificent hundred in the semi-final against
Surrey at Cardiff. He then went on to record a sublime hundred in the final against Gloucestershire,
and deservedly won the man-of-the-match award. In scoring back-to-back hundreds, Maynard also
became the first ever batsman in the history of cricket to score centuries in
both the semi-finals and final of domestic competitions.
At the end of 2000, Maynard stood down from the Glamorgan captaincy, but his contribution to
Glamorgan cricket has not ended, with the master batsman playing a series of vital innings
as the county won the Norwich Union Division Two title in 2001, followed by the Division One title
in 2002. In particular, Maynard shared a match winning partnership with Mike Powell in the day-night contest against
rivals Worcestershire under the floodlights at Cardiff that took the Welsh county to the top of the table.
Matthew has also made some important contributions in Championship cricket, especially in the
match at Cheltenham in 2002 where he repeated his feats of 1991 by hitting centuries in each innings of the
game with Gloucestershire, and steered Glamorgan to a thrilling victory on a wicket that was
giving the spin bowler`s considerable assistance.
(Contributed by Andrew Hignell - October 2002)
Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 07:17:39 GMT
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